Budget Secretary Florencio Abad. INQUIRER FILE PHOTO
MANILA, Philippines 鈥� Embattled Budget Secretary Florencio 鈥淏utch鈥� Abad on Thursday faced a Senate inquiry on the Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP), parts of which were declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.
The hearing by the committee on finance headed by Senator Francis 鈥淐hiz鈥澨鼸scudero听began at around 9:30 a.m.
It was the first time that Abad, the alleged architect of the DAP, attended a congressional hearing although he had appeared and explained the issue in several media interviews.
Aside from Abad, other officials of the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) as well as Finance Secretary Cesar听Purisma听and the head of the National Economic Development Authority, Director General Arsenio听Balisacan, were also expected to attend the hearing.
As of posting time, Social Welfare Secretary Corazon 鈥淒inky鈥澨齋oliman听was seen at the session hall.
An advisory from听Escudero鈥檚听office noted though that听Purisima听and听Balisacan听were invited to the hearing by the DBM.
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